Can a Raspberry Pi power 1 USB Asic Miner?

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Looking at other setups it seems everyone is running with multiple USB Asic Miners through powered USB Hubs. Can the Raspberry Pi power a single miner through USB? Even using a 2 amp power adapter?

Spacebob

Posted 2013-08-12T14:24:31.370

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Which ASIC USB miner? All of the bitcoin ASIC's on the market use USB. – Nick ODell – 2013-08-12T17:43:44.173

Check this http://learn.adafruit.com/piminer-raspberry-pi-bitcoin-miner

– None – 2013-08-13T01:44:37.217

I probably wouldnt recommend this, only because an ASIC usb miner takes about 2.5W alone, just to power. So be sure to use a usb hub with its own power source. Haha. :) – None – 2013-08-13T02:06:09.833

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Looking here it seems that the USB ports on the RPi cannot exceed 100mA so it probably wouldn't be a good idea to use a Block Erupter directly on the RPi

Spacebob

Posted 2013-08-12T14:24:31.370

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Yes.

I have been running my Pi (B, 512mb) with a 1.5 amp power supply with 1 usb erupter (Sapphire) for over a week with no problems. Directly connected to the Raspberry, no hub.

Philj6970

Posted 2013-08-12T14:24:31.370

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Put it into a powered USB hub, then connect the hub to the PI.

HeroCC

Posted 2013-08-12T14:24:31.370

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This answer depends on the board revision of the Raspberry for older boards you have a 100mA limit

this limit is no longer valid for Raspberry Model B Revision 2.0 but better use a powered USB HUB without on/off button

Rev 1.0 = MAX 1A

Rev 2.0 = MAX 2.5A

Raspberry Official Source

Denja

Posted 2013-08-12T14:24:31.370

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